throwaway-7742
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throwaway-7742
6mo ago
I think people have perfectly valid reasons to be thoroughly annoyed with the behavior of American and British Jewish elites and Israeli leadership for a long, long time now. I think it was a strategic blunder not to give the Palestinians a viable state of their own, and that in their greed, the Israeli leadership have deranged their own people.
throwaway-7742
6mo ago
Probably an improvement. The old kickoff became more and more of a formality, and the NFL was never going to eliminate the kickoff completely, so here we are. It'll likely be tweaked in the coming years. It's different. I haven't internalized the new rules yet.
throwaway-7742
6mo ago
My poor Bengals. Close, but no cigar.
throwaway-7742
6mo ago
I haven't seen the original film in years. I watched quite a bit of the cartoon show as a kid. I'll have to check it out.
throwaway-7742
6mo ago
Thanks for the breakdown. I haven't yet sat down and combed through all the candidates and the broader implications of their victories, so this is very helpful. I'm open to voting Republican at the federal level.
throwaway-7742
6mo ago
I don't care for either candidate, but I'm leaning towards Harris. I despise the Ohio Republican Party, so I'm for voting blue no matter who for anything state-related.
throwaway-7742
7mo ago
throwaway-7742
7mo ago
Dead Internet theory: Confirmed.
throwaway-7742
7mo ago
I read House of Leaves during high school. I enjoyed The Navidson Record, but I didn't care for the Truant and Zampanò elements. I ended up skimming the footnotes.
throwaway-7742
7mo ago
I don't know what the current coastline situation is, but: more volatile weather > lower crop/fishing yields > higher food prices > more civil unrest. So climate change might not be off.
throwaway-7742
7mo ago
A flashlight and pepper spray. A flashlight can temporarily blind an individual at night, be used as a blunt weapon, and be brandished without issue unlike a bat, a baton, brass knuckles, a gun, or a knife. Pepper spray can temporarily incapacitate, and, more or less, be brandished without issue. Both can be concealed in a hand, or clipped to a belt. Less likely to escalate a non-fatal situation into a fatal one. Less likely to find yourself in a civil and/or criminal case.
It doesn't hurt to have an old bricked phone, decoy keys, and/or a decoy wallet to distract a thief. And, ultimately, it's best to avoid dangerous areas.
You can have a gun, but you really need to be aware of all the legal and physical risks you could encounter, and regularly train with it.
throwaway-7742
8mo ago
The time to try and draw the US into a war with Iran was decades ago. It strikes me as a little late now.
throwaway-7742
8mo ago
Off topic-ish, but after the Taliban took over Kabul in August 2021, a slew of opinion pieces were written and published on why withdrawing from Afghanistan was a mistake and how Biden's execution of the withdrawal was a disaster. A particular article was brought to my attention by a reddit post. I couldn't tell you the author or the publisher, but I do remember the article was clearly sponsored by Lockheed Martin. It wasn't just an advertisement inadvertently on the same page. And then a day or two later, the fact that the article was sponsored by Lockheed Martin was removed. I checked the Internet Archive Wayback Machine, and sure enough, the page had been edited.
I don't have proof, so take it with a grain of salt. I'm not sure what my anecdote adds other than an account of what was my first time personally catching something (kinda) getting memory-holed. I don't have much respect for mainstream media.
throwaway-7742
8mo ago
Hmm. Maybe Harris is better off with Andy Beshear, Roy Cooper, or Mark Kelly then.
throwaway-7742
8mo ago
It's possible, but I doubt it. I don't think the anti-Zionist segment of the Democratic Party are anti-Jew enough to stay home over a Jewish VP candidate. I'm not aware of Shapiro making any particularly egregious anti-Palestinian statements.
In light of a Russian court ordering the arrest of Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, why did Navalny return to Russia from Germany in January 2021 after spending five months recovering from an assassination attempt? Has his death had any effect on Russian politics?
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Yes.
I can handle about one 100+ hour game a year (if that), but it better be pretty damn good considering the time investment. I feel similarly about other forms of media (essays vs books, movies vs television shows). The shorter, the better. There's almost a power-law function/Sturgeon's Law/Pareto principle at play within the piece of media itself.
I like Epyon's whip-like heat rod. Had an action figure of it growing up.
The Gouf Custom (Norris Packard) vs The 08th MS Team is arguably the best fight in the franchise. One of my favorite Zeon mobile suits.
The four wings/binders of the Kshatriya give it a unique, alien-like aesthetic. It has a cool fight in Gundam Unicorn.
Zeta Gundam is a classic. I often played as it in Gundam: Battle Assault.
Mobile Fighter G Gundam mobile suits were amusing caricatures. Tequila Gundam's my favorite though Nether Gundam never fails to make me laugh.
Gundam Wing Endless Waltz Gundams were theatrical. Hard to pick a favorite, but Duo Maxwell was my favorite pilot, so I'll go with Deathscythe Hell.
throwaway-7742
9mo ago
I think so. It's a pattern similar to the schism of the United Methodist Church.
No more growth in the West. Liberal congregations recognized same-sex marriages and the ordination of non-celibate gay clergy in a Hail Mary attempt to attract and/or retain membership. Conservative congregations balked and left to form the Global Methodist Church, looking to Africa for growth.
throwaway-7742
10mo ago
The man, the myth, the schizophrenic computer programmer, Terry Davis.
throwaway-7742
10mo ago
No, for better or for worse.
throwaway-7742
11mo ago
One can make pragmatic arguments why "unchecked border-crossings, disintegrating families, DEI deans, and worthless degrees" aren't good and worth avoiding. I'm personally indifferent to fading churches, partially because they've been useless in preventing the current situation. At the end of the day, one has to support candidates in the primaries who are sane and support his/her favored policies. I don't see any of the above issues and the good policies to address them being abandoned anytime soon.
throwaway-7742
11mo ago
If his defenders are good eggs, then just treat them with kindness and respect, and steer clear of the topic of the bad actor. Hopefully you all will appear to be the better option then.
Narcissists have an alien way of thinking, and they don't change. Best way to deal with them is to cut off contact with them. Next best way is to limit contact with them and don't react when they screw with you. In groups, you gotta sniff out who's a good actor and who's a bad actor. Then you gotta build good enough friendships/relationships with the good actors so that the bad actors can't divide and conquer (or triangulate).
You'll do fine.
The ratio system has helped keep MvC2 interesting. You have to resort to banning characters or super arts in 3S to mix things up.
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